Re: [XFree86] Re: TV-out messes up things when TV is plugged in
Kevin B. Payne wrote: > This is NOT a bug. The ATI Rage128 chipset on the All-In-Wonder 128 Pro > video card is actually locked into a refresh rate of 60 Hz at 800X600 > resolution when TV is enabled. The card itself cannot produce two different > refresh rates at the same time to satisfy both your monitor and the TV > signal. However, the Xserver's default of dropping out of X when "NO SCREENS > FOUND" error occurs doesn't allow just the TV or monitor display to work > independantly. If you want both you ARE going to have to get a PNP monitor > from a respectible brand company that will support 800X600 resolution at > 60Hz and then set X up appropriately to run at that resolution and refresh > rate on your display. The BUG is that XFree86 neither fails to start with the XF86Config-requested resolutions, nor adopts 800x600 at 60 Hz (or whatever works). Now XFree86 starts just fine without any indication in the log file. The BUG is that XFree86 does not check if TV is plugged in and the card disregards XFree86 later. Can TV-out be diagnosed by XFree86? Thanks, Alexei ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
[XFree86] TV-out messes up things when TV is plugged in
This is a cool bug! I have ATI AiW 128 Pro 16 Mb card with TV-out. This is a Page 128 Pro PF chip, I belive. I get no output on display when I start xfree86 with TV plugged in. Everything works without TV. Let's be fair, switching to virtual console works and I can do work there, so it's not a complete freeze or crush - just no signal in graphics mode with TV in. Let's be fair once more, Windows 98 also behaves funny. Plugging in TV halves the refresh rate or something. Sort of, the card splits the signal into two outputs, to TV and to the monitor, but at least I get the signal. TV requires 800x600 at 60 Hz signal; without TV I get 120 Hz on the monitor at the same resolution. Mike, as far as Red Hat 8.0.94 goes, anaconda fails to recognize the card properly when the TV is plugged in. I recognizes it as Rage 128, instead of Rage 128 Pro. Then, graphical installation doesn't work, etc. Without TV everything works like a magic. Let me know if you need more info. Thanks, Alexei ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
